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Originally Posted By Chaplain:Is there any practical reason to have a bayonet on an AR15 for civilian useage?

1. You can stick a badguy without waking the nieghbors and there is no chance the bullet will travel trough a wall and hit precious... or, if you decide not to stick/shoot him2. The badguy is less likely to try and grab for the barrel as you hold him at bay. you may need to clean the floor beneath him after he is hauled off by the cops...

I know that LanClay is another and there might be another but I think they are all "real" as long as they aren't jap junk.

There are a boatload (no pun intended) of knock offs out there. Quite often they are sold here on this board in the EE secion.

I consider a knock of to be anything that is not USGI contract. For the M9, there were numerous contracts awarded, and you could be correct with having one or more of several different companies products.

The ring goes too far back on a 16" barrel. I posted a couple pics of mine at someones request. ETA this thread:http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=118&t=261768

What practical reason to have a bayonet? What practical reason to have a deadly assault weapon that is designed for nothing but killing as many people as possible, especially little schoolkids, and maybe puppies and kittens too.

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...so I got to handle a fatty M9 bayo and DAMN they're thick. Do these babies actually take an edge you can shave with and keep it or are they just for stabbin / prying? I just don't want to waste $90 on another worthless uber-tactical / heavy add-on. (Not that I'd have it mounted except for pics)

Any quality difference in LanCay and Ontario? I use to see / play with a LOT of Ontario knives and they just seemed like extremely thick bladed dull knives with cheapo plastic / rubber handles and crap finish with matching sheath. Are all the blades black or are there other options? What's going price?

Unicorn mentioned that a bayonet will ride on bare barrel if you're mounting it to a 16" carbine. A friend and I are going to be converting our "ban-legal" C.A.R.'s over to standard 16" chrome-moly barrels with lugs and threads pretty soon. Probably going to get the barrels from Model One. We want to put bayonets on `em, probably M7's. Will this in fact work? I've never had an AR with a bayonet lug on it so I'm totally not sure whether or not the 16" barrels will work well with bayonets of any variety.

It looks good on the gun, but it sure does look funny in the sheath, with that handle being so long and oddly made. I surely don't need it. But since my rifle has a bayonet lug, it seems a shame to not have a bayonet that fits the rifle. I'll probably order one before the night's over.

DSG Arms doesn't mess around. I ordered the bayonet, and three other items, at about 11:00 pm last night. I got an email this morning at 11:30 am saying the items had been shipped, and included a tracking number. My strange looking bayo is on the way!

Unicorn mentioned that a bayonet will ride on bare barrel if you're mounting it to a 16" carbine. A friend and I are going to be converting our "ban-legal" C.A.R.'s over to standard 16" chrome-moly barrels with lugs and threads pretty soon. Probably going to get the barrels from Model One. We want to put bayonets on `em, probably M7's. Will this in fact work? I've never had an AR with a bayonet lug on it so I'm totally not sure whether or not the 16" barrels will work well with bayonets of any variety.